Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Uzbekistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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